The Republican journal., 1887-05-26
An Important Section of Southern
Mexico.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN CAP
ITAIISIS IN THE STATE OF JAIIStD.-EUT
NO FLACE FOR 4 POOR MAN.
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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN CAP
ITAIIsrs IN THE STATE OF JALIS,O, But
| NO FLACE Fol. 4 POOR MAN.
Correspondence Of the Journal.
SAN BIAS. MENICo, 1887. Not ONLY i,
.jalisco of the richest of the MeNca,
States. both il; mines and agricnt ural resources
and most interesting in history and sreni;
beauty. but it is one of the most important il
point Of >ilr, having population of nearly 2;
million anl an area Of l0l ,4:j0 square kilomc
tres. Its centre is travcrsel from north tt
| south by the main range of the Sierra Malro
and on both sides of this great Cor,lillera ar,
ravnoS and fertile valleys. watcred by noble
rivers. Near it, southern border towers tht
now active Volcano Of Coima (3,G6s metre,
high), and the Bnfa dc i;olanos which altain>
Il height of two Thousand metres.
Hidden away in these mountains. but net :,
securely a> 10 be he, ond reach of man, ar,
gold and silver enough TO enrich dozen EN-,
pircs and though in this land of ,3aaoi,o and
lack of enterprise The minority of the mines
are still ~udevclope,l. three lo!cs thai have
made McXo famous are being worked in
jai>co-tp-e OF Hotano>. Cu,ie and Rrami.
dor whose annual product averages ; Ga. .J:,2
| furnishing employment for more llian six
| Thousand men.
Ia coming here. one must not think he i,
lc;N in@ civilization and refinement behind him
fer though 50 far from what w are accustomed
| to consider the Wor,> heart ,JaiiScoans are
moi without 4 high degree Of cultivation.
HIpDFM AWAY IN TIE MOI MAINS.
remote from railroads and practically cut on
| r!n." tm w lFN' "i ihuihihl pN reason ol Inc
,iho"l' j"n,'"N pcl"'cn' iia'ed almost m
MO" /" thF 2fc"l WofId bPN"h" thrSr t'iNl-
,"n'''. n,i ''' c"''> " h,rh nave Hoar'>hc'l
i"' ''h'''":' "lrf' people OF WtRlth ana
rIU'".io' Ghjpy NE after Their own quaint
tn>l''"' - t'l"Sr IL a ''l>lai''r' VINO iiGaf OF
r1,nrt. t ,,,m, w,r, ,,.;,'., .' NV ',
as unreal mjtr'go of Sahara. and it is
difficult 10 realize tha; life goes on here much
as at home or at least, HAT human nature is
| about the >ti3c. and people love. hate. Hiarl'N
and die. a. elsewhere.
| The truth is, we AngloSaNon- ire too much
| gwen 10 rohccil concerning "ur boa.tej 'li.-
>1ituion> and the so-r,llcd superior civilizi-
| lion Of the Nineteenth century. Of which the
| hlt"d states and England claim to be the
| highest opponents, while it i, quite the fashion
| 10 scurniuily rcproach or contcmptuou>ly con-
| dole with these Spanish American communities
| for being the reNur>c. Nor does the Spirit of
| lii A-c,. content Itself with this Acting on
th' lri ,iliiilion that every nation which does
not come mp 10 ,hr AnGlo-SlNon standard Of
| political and social perfection i zone to pcldi-
| ton uhir>N ~omeihiH.: vigorous is done for its
| >aINation the y prld occasionally hears of cities
| being hpniiarieI into commercial rclaioiis
and Ucnllc he in. robbed for the uood OF thcir
souls.
| Were il i,>> arrogant. the Spirit of the Ace
might be better rin>tructeI.- better in,trt.t-
| ed, better h,h.ye,. FULLY comrrehcndn~
| these Spaui>h-. American communities ii might
| become impressed with the fact that in most
| of them II civilization prevail which IN do
| me>tic goodness and religions sentiment. in
| intelligence and honest industry. vii! compare
| favorallv with that in colder latitu,tes which
is 20 >upcllativcl, a,dr,l. Without admitting
| tli,' feasibility of there icny
,,r,,,.. ,,,,.,,. ., ,,,,,,x,.,,>
rart fcrii!i:ied hy the character of the people
VIII" '\h'h't II. - Who's SPECIAL Interests.
genius. resources and The climate i'll which
lh:H h'1 u Is me natural deNrlopm'hi-th the
N'irit af"r>a. might he liaitrred in Observing
| "A few O. lIr. customs. mechanical nnuli,urrs
household comforts And political ideas of which
ii claims The exclusive paternity.
foreN"lhple. all the i:nporan; towns Of this
I"ryolirh corner "i the tarth are furnished
with helt'trir lights. tramw:ys. tclc--raph>. tcie-
phones. etc; and i'll many lesser particulars
are the la>!c>. judgment and Ingenuity of the
outer world arknoNc'ig"'l. The Governors
carriage and several others in ',iiadaaara and
Ii'niall. llinl lrlrd thcr springs IN i'rollWaY:
lllc htcd States furnished the rifles. England
the cannon. and France the uniforms for the
soldiers of This section: Spain contributed tn,
| cn@incerin" ability which has given Jn>eo
>oine OF III" finest roads i'll The world. and
Germany the manufacturers of saddles. paper
cloth am! DIS: While 10 an adventurous Lon
.'"hef was suggested IN" advantage of establish
iii-- ll';f i' 9t;'c hllta within easy reach Of
/ he legislators. t"peF bjer Reservoir If IN
liiHii"'l capacity whose worms and ctdrons.
E} the WI, are made in New lork. France
lh- also introduced her ,aint. boots here. her
<'ne@-i'"lii'->. opera .la>-e-. >tiil->ladc:. her
I'ot-hoh>. pdNWeS ana ii;n wines London
Paris ami Madrid furnish "-aud and GEAR for
lali>'"aii dudes and ,ndc~>c~: n"r is the distant
'ri"ni fpr@"tir. III This informal exposition Of
me artistic I'll 81 more lfteniiuHe nations
NINA Will htr ta, Japan with hr Iarqlrr
work. Persia wiz, her rtl.> etc.
Jtli-ro'> taNail" property i officially r>tinat-
t'i at thirt>->evcn millions of dollars. The
STATE 1itii> support
,.,.,, -no
'' ''' '.''SiN'' N'i'''i.N'
htshi'> a "iHr"tiln" for boss and her for
-lrIs. an ln>liillie Of Science. n Female >nni-
nary ali aiho!Ir olI''gc. also the biz Iniycr-
>i'E ~ i.a@"H. me seminary Of Iapui!ai.. and
thr Araarihy Of Fine Arts in t'liahalajara.
he>ld"> the railroad which is to run tron.
the state Capital 10 San Bias the Nc\jran
Central has already, projected and in operation,
lihrS from Leon to Lagos, from Glia,lalaar;.
roulti-ea>t to Lake tiiarala, from san Bias
~ Ma%tllah, from Gna'!alalara to san Luis
"'osl. ana from 'Iiiitiaalara TO ttlaya. The
M"Aical, national. also. has a line projected
;n"nS Inc northern shore of Chapaa. via.
ro. ,;.,d .n',ii'io, -; '',' .ne rarhe os
Bias north 10 MazatI.p and sn,,I, T., N,nzn,;lln
The tiiucnrias which utv n,t,yrn, GunI,liar,
and the Pacific. coast. pass 1,,ro,t~h !, n,,,st
intcrt,lin" country. t.nint IN the VILLAGES Of
Auattlan. Tp,Etila Ipxtlan yqnn,i,n .nl
reiir.
Jaisrn'> second city in jinportaucc u;u,,,,l,
lara. the capiial beir. Iir,i1 is ja"ns which
has a nnpulation of % 600 II - ,,;jy iftv-
eight mile. by rail from Aur,s t,Iinn...s MA
lies on the far-fancI ma, ce1f,,J .+ nv,
elevation Of G.Gn0 fcet. Rein, wnll-l,u;i ,mu
commercially ,iroSpcro,,s cifv. y ..I,,n,n., has
lately slyu-k If which thr ,nn,jn,, ,,;lrnnl
promise, to increase, ' 0'''
biIin.,ri,. L..,.in, | ,.. ,,
a~ follows: For G;,;laI,il1.a twn IN Il; t,n,
fare Sll: for Zaratrrat ,i,o twn .lnr" f"ro
SO: san I.,i> rotosi iva inv sIo tThorn ~ !.
besides. a special ,li;reuci, T., SIM mi. wh;,,
makes the tourney in Siytrrn hnmr, ,nd ',r'
$3.50. Tn Nryirau Irnt,.l r,;lrna1 Iii -,
the new branch now under construction tn San
Bias via, Gliata,iara "a distance ,f aoo ,n;,cr
almost parallel TO the old st.,,r rn,,,r and
when cninnintrI will nrnv ~ ;,. '''',
feeder
The other S;auortS .Iono J,li.co.s ,o,.t
| -Nav,iad. Ch3,nctl, Tnmstl,u ,,J t,,n -
| three more-afc MI of n,;nor ;n,nort.n." fro' y"
| u,,cnted ooiv liz :, fnv tixL;ny yd.,al. Mn.,l,
wheat corn, rice. cotton. s,,~ar.rann ,",i.n